mirage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mi·rage /ˈmɪrɑːʒ $ məˈrɑːʒ/ noun [countable] 1. HEMSEEan effect caused by hot air in a desert, which makes you think that you can see objects when they are not actually there 〔沙漠里的〕海市蜃楼2 HOPEa dream, hope, or wish that cannot come true 幻想；妄想 SYN illusion Perhaps we are just chasing a mirage. 也许我们只是在追逐一个梦。
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mirage• The bubbles of foam trembled to mist and I sensed the house become dangerous, a mirage to my eyes.• The oasis is just a mirage.• It floated mockingly through his sleep and came like a mirage between his eyes and the daylight.• But the opposition is not alone in seeing the appearance of new prosperity as in part a mirage.• She thought at first it must be the edge of the sea, then realised it was a mirage.• A mirage, a reflection of layers on air out to sea.• Information at a distance overwhelms, or creates mirages.• He has photo enhancements, floor plans, home movies, biographies, bibliographies, letters, rumors, mirages, dreams.• an eerie no-man's land where travellers see mirages• The thought of the hotel seemed like the mirage of an oasis, something always just out of reach.Origin mirage (1800-1900) French mirer; → MIRROR1mi·rage nounChineseSyllable
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mirage
mi‧rage /ˈmɪrɑːʒ $ məˈrɑːʒ/
noun [countable]1. an effect caused by hot air in a desert, which makes you think that you can see objects when they are not actually there
2. a dream, hope, or wish that cannot come true
SYN illusion:
Perhaps we are just chasing a mirage.
mi‧rage /ˈmɪrɑːʒ $ məˈrɑːʒ/
noun [countable]1. an effect caused by hot air in a desert, which makes you think that you can see objects when they are not actually there2. a dream, hope, or wish that cannot come true
SYN illusion: